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In the What do you want to know post, Nicole asks: 1) I’m interested in making teas to put in lotions for the water portion but i’m not sure if there are things to watch out for with this replacement or if you have to do anything different with preservatives. 2) Have you ever made or thought...
In the What do you want to know post, deedee sugar asked: I would love to know if I don’t have a scale that can weight less than 1 gram. Can I use the 0.5 teaspoon to measure the allantoin and other powder ingredients with the same amount? The problem is using volume measurements is that...
In the What do you want to know post, Lynne asked me for my favourite speciality ingredients, so I thought I’d share my favourite fancy ingredients with you. I’ve had a hard time winnowing the list down to the five or six she suggested, which is why this post has taken me a week of thinking....
Just wanted to remind everyone about the What do you want to know post in which I’m asking you, my lovely readers, to tell me what you want to know! Feel free to ask for anything, and I’ll do my best to make it so! (However, please don’t ask me to duplicate specific brand name...
In the What do you want to know post, Katie Z asks: I’ve been wondering what would happen if I used two complete emulsifiers together in one formulation. This came up because I was looking at your emulsified scrub, and it calls for 10% emulsifier. I use Olivem 1000 [INCI: Cetearyl Olivate (and) Sorbitan Olivate], and the...